Ngosha Reflects Plight of the Elderly in Tanzania

Story of the older man who is said to be the “creator” of the national coat of arms. It highlights the plight of older men and women in Tanzania and explicitly shows that long lives are not necessarily the happy ones. It illustrates how older people face poverty and isolation as well as having very little access to health care.

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